Heel-lift for shoes.



- J. J.- JONES. HEEL LIFT FOR suoss.

(Apglicltlon filed Dec. 8, 1899. Renewed Jan. 10, 1909.)

Patented Apr. 22 I902.

(No Model.)

- manently together to form a composite lift.

UNITED STATES LATENT @FFICIZ.

.JACOB J. JONES, OFNEVV YORK, N,'Y.

H EL- mm FOR. SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming- M or Letters Patent No. 698,289, dated April 22,1902; Application filed December 8, i899; Reneweddanua'ry 10, 1902.Serial No. 89,092. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerm.

Be it known that I, J AOOB J. JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New. York,have invented a newand useful Im provement in Heel-Lifts for Boots orShoes, 1

of which the following is aspecification.

v In my former patent of March 30, 1886, No." 339,060, a rubber lift ofvarying thicknesses.

was fastened to the leather heel of a boot or shoe, the said heel beingprepared and shaped by the shoemaker to receive the said rubber lift,which was afterward secured thereto by cement. The shaping of the heeland the fitting and cementing of the rubber lift were attended withexpense, loss of time, and .inconvenience. Besides, it was difficnlt toeifect a fully satisfactory joint; and the object of my presentinvention is to overcome these difficulties.

My invention is a new article of manufacture, and in carrying out thesame I connect a layer of leather and a layer of rubber per- These partsare shaped and connected at the place of manufacture by methodswell'known in the art-that is to say, bysuitable cement and pressure,allowing ample time for the same to thoroughly dry.- These compositelifts are sold as an entirety ready to be nailed to the heel of a bootor shoe, the samerequiring no special skill on the part of theshoemaker,and after attachment theedge may be trimmed and blackened asusual.

The layer of rubber is formed in a suitable mold and one flat surface isprovided with a marginal recess in which is fitted and to which iscemented a layer or strip'of leather,

the cement securing the layer ofrubber and the layer of leather togetherboth at the fiat meeting faces and at one edge of the'leather strip orlayer. This leather layeris of approXimatelya horseshoe shape and thesame occupies a position to receive throughit the nails which securethe,lift to the heel of the boot or shoe in the position-in which suchnails are usually placed-Lin connecting the variouslifts of a'heel, thenails passing through the rubber and the heads setting againstthesurface of the leather:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation,

and Fig. 2 a plan, illustrating my invention.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section at the line a 00' of Fig.2,and Fig. 4 a vertical crosssection at y y of Fig. 2, illustrating myinve ntion as attached to the heel of a boot o'r shoe and as indicating"the tread-surface of a the composite lift.

Thelayer of rubber d and the layer or strip of leather '1) arepermanently connected together at the-place of manufacture by cementupon the adjoining surfaces, the parts being held together by pressureuntil thoroughly set and dry. The layer of rubber ismolded of thedesired thickness, preferably smooth on' one fiat face, which forms thetread-surface, r

exactness, and when the parts are held together the cement intervenesbetween the fiat faces and the edges, so that the parts are heldtogether at two points. The leather strip or layer is of liberalproportions, first, to provide'fortrimming and, mainly, to provide aliberal width of leather, through which the nails 3 in the usualposition of connecting heel-lifts are driven, the said nails passingthrough the rubber and the leather strip or layer 1) into the usualleather lifts c of a heel, with the heads of the nails embedded in therubber and seated against the surface of the leather. The rubber closestogether over the nail heads after the passage of the nails. In

this manner it is possible tosecurely hold a 'compos'ite'lift of rnbberand leather to the heel of a boot or shoe. An entire layer of recess,and the same fits the said recess with leather upon one surface of therubber layer,

is not so essential, because through the center part of the heel it isnot usual to drive con- I necting-na-ils, the strip ofthe presentvinvention providing amply for the main orouter row of nails.

I am aware thatit is notnew toconn ect a layer of rubber and an entiresurface layer. of leather together by cement for forming a Ioo'composite lift for the heel of a boot or shoe and also that it is notnew to make holes through the rubber layerof the said lift and toplacetherein metal washers which form seats for the heads ofconnecting-nails, and I lift for boots and shoes comprising a layer ofdistinctly disclaim such construction. I rubber having a flattread-surface and the op- I claim as my invention i posite surfaceprovided with a marginal re- 1. As a new article of manufacture, aheelcess, and a layer or strip of leather of horse lift for boots andshoes comprising a layer of shoe form fitting the said marginal recessand rubber having a flat tread-surface and the opcemented thereto,substantially as set forth. posite surface provided with a marginal reSigned by me this 6th day of December,

cess and a layer or strip of leather of horse 1899. shoe form fittingthe said marginal recess and JACOB J. JONES. cemented thereto at theflat opposing surfaces Witnesses: and edges, substantially as set forth.I GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

2. As a new article of manufacture, a heell E. E. POHLE.

